Devils started the period with Henrique at left wing with Elias and Jagr. Loktionov centered for Clowe and Ryder. Zajac centered for Zubrus and Brunner.

Jokinen shot the puck into the crowd at 1:42 for a delay of game penalty. With the Jets shorthanded, Schneider made a save on Jim Slater driving to the net at 2:23.

Byfuglien drilled Harrold into the boards at 3:05. The Jets broke back up ice and Kane skated past Greene and in alone on Schneider, but the Devils' goalie made the save at 3:12. Kane slammed his stick against the glass in anger.

Zidlicky avoided a too many men on the ice penalty at 7:16 by literally leaping head-first over the boards onto the bench. His teammates had to catch him.

Jagr tried to wrap one around the right post early in the period, the puck going across the crease. James Wright was sent off for hooking at the 42-second mark, putting the Devils on a power play.

Montoya made a pad save on Ryder's shot from below the left circle during the New Jersey power play at 1:51.

The Jets struck first at 2:57 when Evander Kane skated past Larsson up the left wing, cut to the net and put a shot on Schneider from deep in the left circle. The rebound deflected off Greene in the crease and into the net.

With the Jets keeping the pressure on, Zubrus took a slashing penalty at 4:19.

Schneider turned aside a Scheifele shot at 4:41 during the power play.

Jacob Trouba stood Brunner up at the blue line at 7:07.

Brunner intercepted a pass near the blue line and Clowe's pass sent Elias in alone. Montoya made the one-on-one save on Elias at 11:03.

The Devils went on a power play at 13:29 when Bogosian was called for roughing Clowe.

Volchenkov dropped Devin Setoguchi with a big hit with 3:07 to go.

The Jets were outshooting the Devils, 20-19.

End of period: Jets 1, Devils 0

FIRST PERIOD

Schneider was cheered when his image went up on the video screen during the U.S. national anthem.

Forty-five seconds in, an announcement was made acknowledging Schneider's days with the Manitoba Moose. He acknowledged the cheers by quickly raising his catching glove.

Jets defenseman Paul Postma was sent off for hooking Ryder at 2:32. Dustin Byfuglien had a shorthanded scoring chance at 2:46 but backhanded his shot off the glass.

Schneider made a save on Olli Jokinen from below the right circle at 6:43 and then stopped a Byfulglien shot from the circle at 7:12. They were Winnipeg's first two shots of the game.

Gionta was given a penalty at 11:51 for tripping Mark Scheifele, even though the Jets center tripped on his own when his feet got tangled up.

With 10 seconds left, Salvador was hit in the corner by Zach Bogosian. When Jokinen also hit the Devils' captain, they exchanged shoves and face washes. Jokinen got minors for holding and roughing while Salvador got two minutes for roughing.